Insights

What we learned building the things we sell.

Written for people solving these problems, whether or not they ever use one of our products. No listicles, no statistics we could not trace to the body that published them, and no articles written to fill a category.

Topic 1

Business software in Pakistan

What “built for Pakistan” actually means in business software

Currency, timezone, phone format and tax identifier: four defaults most business software sets for another country, what each costs a Pakistani business.

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Topic 2

Inventory & ledger practice

Perpetual vs periodic inventory: which are you running?

Most businesses think they run perpetual inventory and actually run something in between. The difference decides whether your stock figure is a fact.

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Inventory & ledger practice

Why stock, sales and payroll belong on one ledger

When each part of a business keeps its own record, month-end becomes a negotiation between systems. The fix is fewer ledgers, not more reconciliation.

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Topic 3

Product engineering

Why a bill-splitting app should refuse to convert currencies

Expenddy supports eight currencies and converts between none of them. That looks like a missing feature until you ask who would own the exchange rate.

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